. God's troubadour; the story of St. Francis of Assisi . THE OLD WELL AT RIVO A TINY CHAPEL . . AND A HUT OR TWO. THE NEW YORK LIC LIBRARY I OR, LENOX ANDTILDEN FOUNDATIONS, LADY POVERTY point out a great church far away; yet, inspite of years and changes, the memory ofFrancis and his little Brotherhood stillshines over the spot, warm and bright, likethe August sunshine on the corn. Straight across the plain, not far fromRivo Torto, in the midst of tall forest trees,stood a little chapel where Francis and hisfew Brothers had often gone to rest and topray. A rich abbot, seeing that the
. God's troubadour; the story of St. Francis of Assisi . THE OLD WELL AT RIVO A TINY CHAPEL . . AND A HUT OR TWO. THE NEW YORK LIC LIBRARY I OR, LENOX ANDTILDEN FOUNDATIONS, LADY POVERTY point out a great church far away; yet, inspite of years and changes, the memory ofFrancis and his little Brotherhood stillshines over the spot, warm and bright, likethe August sunshine on the corn. Straight across the plain, not far fromRivo Torto, in the midst of tall forest trees,stood a little chapel where Francis and hisfew Brothers had often gone to rest and topray. A rich abbot, seeing that the LittlePoor Men had no place to sleep, made thema present of this chapel and the groundabout it. Here they built rude huts andplanted a hedge and made for themselves ahome, which they called the Portiuncula,the little portion. A great church, calledSanta Maria degli Angeli, has been builtupon this spot and the little old chapel stillstands under its dome. The life of the Poor Brothers does notseem a gay one, as we read about it, yet [83] GODS TROUBADOUR they were most happy-heart
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